flood tide
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (2)
- the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding“the climax of the artist's career”“in the flood tide of his success”Synonyms: climaxflood tide
- the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)“a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune — Shakespeare”Synonyms: flood tidefloodrising tide
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation. [1913 Webster]
A covenant never to destroy The earth again by flood.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
2.The flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or rise of water in the ocean; -- opposed to ebb; as, young flood; high flood. [1913 Webster]
There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
3.A great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of bank notes; a flood of paper currency. [1913 Webster]
4.Menstrual disharge; menses. --Harvey. [1913 Webster]
Flood anchor (Naut.), the anchor by which a ship is held while the tide is rising.
Flood fence, a fence so secured that it will not be swept away by a flood.
Flood gate, a gate for shutting out, admitting, or releasing, a body of water; a tide gate.
Flood mark, the mark or line to which the tide, or a flood, rises; high-water mark.
Flood tide, the rising tide; -- opposed to ebb tide.
The Flood, the deluge in the days of Noah. [1913 Webster]